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Leif Johnson, PE, SE, LEED AP Structural Engineering Director, StructureCraft Seattle, WA
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Industry
Engineer
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Services offered
Structural Engineering
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Has Experience with these building types:
Assembly (Worship, Restaurant, Theater, etc.), Business (Office), Civic (Recreational), Educational, Government, Institutional, Mixed-Use
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Has Experience with these material types:
Mass Timber, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT), Dowel-Laminated Timber (DLT), Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam), Timber-Frame / Post and Beam, Heavy Timber Decking, Hybrid (wood with steel or concrete), Structural Composite Lumber (e.g. LVL and LSL), Wood-Concrete Composite Systems, Light-Frame, I-joists, Lumber, Open-web trusses, Wood structural panels
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Has experience with these construction types:
I-A, I-B, II-A, II-B, III-A, III-B, IV-A, IV-B, IV-C, IV-HT, V-A, V-B
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I am a licensed structural engineer with over 16 years of experience designing high-profile civic structures, museums and performing arts centers throughout the United States. Prior to joining StructureCraft as Structural Engineering Director in May of 2021, I was a Principal at MKA in Seattle, where I also led MKA’s Timber Technical Specialty Team.
I attended Lawrence University in Wisconsin and Washington University in St. Louis where I obtained undergraduate degrees in Physics and Civil Engineering. While at Washington University in St. Louis, I received my master’s degree in Structural Engineering. Shortly after graduation and before moving to Seattle, I won the 2004 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Structural Engineering Traveling Fellowship, where I toured Europe to study structures inspired by natural forms for his thesis “Nature as Inspiration: Tools for Structural Art”.
My portfolio includes many high-profile structures, including:
- Hines' T3 Projects
- MoMA in San Francisco
- The Perelman Center in New York
- Nordic Museum in Seattle
- Lincoln Park Zoo Timber Pavilion
